"Why?" Pei Jueqing's expression grew colder, "Don't you know what's going on in your heart? If it weren't for the Pei family standing behind you, what you've done would be enough to kill you hundreds of times."
"What did I do?" Pei Pening tried to argue, but his voice weakened under Pei Juqing's ice-like eyes. Without waiting for more words, he listened to him: "Immediately submit a letter of guilt to His Majesty, and you will never be an official. Invite yourself. He is banned from entering the house and cannot leave without a pardon."
Pei Pening's eyes widened in disbelief, "Brother, what are you talking about? What's the difference between this and going to jail?"
"If you don't want to, pack your luggage immediately and be demoted to Shanzhou with Gu Yuan." Pei Juqing showed no mercy. Pei Po howled, "Brother, do you really not show any affection at all? What kind of place is Shanzhou? I How can I live if I go..."
Pei Juqing looked at him coldly, without any fluctuation in her expression, "Pei Pening, you don't spare any room in your actions and have offended everyone. Do you still expect me to have any affection for you now? Do you have any affection for the Pei family?"
"Brother, you..." Pei Pening took a step back, clenched his fists, and shouted explosively: "You think Pei Xiaoze is more useful, so you accommodate him in every possible way and even put him in the household department. And what about me? Who is Zou Hongqi from the Criminal Department, have you ever thought about me?"
Pei Juqing snorted coldly, "Pei Pening, I know how much money you have. Master Zou of the Punishment Department agreed to take you, so you should be grateful."
"Grateful?" Pei Pening laughed out loud as if he had heard a big joke, "Sure enough, this is your true face. Pei Juqing, do you feel that everyone owes you and must accept your charity? Are you grateful? If your mother hadn't died protecting Concubine Jade, how could you have the glory you have today?"
"Bastard!" Pei Juanqing angrily threw the tea cup on the table at Pei Pening. He dodged and kept talking, "Pei Juanqing, head of the Pei family, are you worthy?"
Pei Jueqing was so angry that she couldn't stand still and coughed violently, but she still managed to hold on for a breath and said, "Come here, take him... down and ground him!"
"Pei Juanqing, how dare you..." Pei Pening shouted as he was dragged down: "Mother will not let you go! Pei Juanqing, I hate you!"
Pei Poming yelled indiscriminately, and Pei Juanqing coughed more and more violently. The confidants beside him quickly supported him, "Sir!"
"It's okay..." Pei Juqing grabbed the corner of the table and ordered: "Go quickly... write to Your Majesty, just as I said..."
"Yes." The confidant immediately accepted the order and left. The steward on the other side supported Pei Juanqing, "Sir, I..." However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he saw Pei Juanqing fainting.
So the steward quickly called the boy to take Pei Juqing back to the house. When Fang Zitong heard the news, he just said in a low voice that he knew it, and then went to ask for the doctor.
Early the next morning, before Pei Juqing woke up, people from the Jingzhao Yin Mansion had already arrived at the door of Pei's house. Fang Zilan's attitude was strong, and Xu Youtong, the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture, was not able to evade, and his actions were very nimble.
After Fang Zitong knew the purpose of the people from Jingzhao Yin Mansion, he took the initiative to hand over Pei Pening's men. As for Pei Pening himself, because Mrs. Pei was seeking death and survival, she cried until she fell into a coma, woke up and fell into coma again, tossing back and forth. After a long discussion, and Pei Pening's wife threatened and begged, in order to avoid making things worse, they did not hand him over.
The people from the Jingzhao Yin Mansion didn't stay much longer. After all, the person who got it was ready for business, so they sold the Pei family a favor without causing any further embarrassment.
Fang Zitong saw off the people and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and asked Dong Xue beside him: "What is Pei Pening doing now?"
"It's still the same as before, smashing things and cursing people. No one in the courtyard dares to go there except his wife." Dongxue said and hesitated for a moment, "However, I just heard Taohong say that he went to see Lianniang."
"Lian Niang in Pei Xiaoze's house, what does Pei Pening want to do with her?" Fang Zitong frowned slightly, Dong Xue shook her head and said, "I don't know, I just heard that this is not the first time."
"Pei Xiaoze went to the household department?" Fang Zitong looked gloomy. Dongxue replied yes, and then whispered: "Miss..."
"Don't worry about it. What does what happened in Pei Xiaoze's room have to do with me?" Fang Zitong interrupted her impatiently, "Let's go and see how the old lady is doing."
*
The people sent to the Pei family by the Jingzhao Yin Mansion returned soon. Xu Youtong looked at Fang Zilan who was sitting aside and drinking tea leisurely, and felt an indescribable sense of oppression. He bit the bullet and said: "Master Fang... "
"Master Xu, don't worry about me." Fang Zilan put the tea cup on the table and wrote lightly: "This is not the first time I have listened to Master Xu's interrogation, so I won't cause any trouble."
Hearing this, Xu Youtong couldn't say anything more, so he ordered people to bring all the people up directly. The case was not complicated in the first place, and several people confessed, so it was not difficult to judge the case.
However, after Fang Zilan heard this, she seemed to say casually: "People from the Pei family have kidnapped a girl in my house before. What sentence was given to the person who caused it?"
"Exiled." Xu Youtong answered, and Fang Zilan nodded slightly, "I remembered, I heard that the leader died on the way to exile. It's a pity."
In an extremely calm tone, she talked about the matter of life and death, "Speaking of which, who among you is the one in charge?" As she spoke, her eyes swept over the people kneeling on the ground one by one. They shook their heads desperately, no One dares to admit it.
Seeing this, Fang Zilan raised the corners of her lips slightly, "In this case, we can only treat everyone equally. Mr. Xu, what do you think?"
Xu Youtong was just about to say that it was inappropriate, but he heard Fang Zilan continue talking to himself, "Today has been delayed for too long. I am not patient enough, so I'll stop here."
After saying that, she stood up and said, "Sir Xu, these people are all sentenced to exile, and their families are also guilty. Do you hear clearly?"
"Master Fang, wait a minute." Xu Youtong stood in front of Fang Zilan, "It won't harm the family, they..."
"Even the master envoy refused to confess. How do you know that their family members are innocent?" Fang Zilan raised her hand and said, "Master Xu, you are blocking my way."
Xu Youtong looked serious, "Master Fang, even at the risk of offending you, there are some things I have to say."
"Sir Xu, do you think you can take someone from me?" Fang Zilan's smile grew wider, "The man who was sentenced to exile died on the road, and I haven't asked Mr. Xu to hold him accountable, right? "
"Master Fang, you..." A look of horror flashed in Xu Youtong's eyes, and Fang Zilan smiled cruelly, "I never like people to die to escape responsibility."
She said, reaching out and pushing Xu Youtong away in front of her, "Death has always been the simplest and cowardly thing, but living is the most difficult. Especially for those who are guilty, living is far more painful than death."
"But..." Xu Youtong was about to argue, but Fang Zilan suppressed his smile and said, "But since Mr. Xu has spoken, I still have to give you face. But you don't regret it."
regret? Xu Youtong was stunned for a moment. Before he could figure out what Fang Zilan meant, he saw what she told Zheng Yan beside him. Then she sat in his place and said, "Now, I will take over."
